Part Ⅳ

　　Error Correction (15 minutes)

　　For centuries the gypsies have lived as a unfettered people --71--

　　who traveled through half the countries of the world, abiding

　　to their own laws. Scorning discomfort, enduring persecution, --72--

　　accumulating only meager possession, they sacrificed all for --73--

　　their freedom. To be settled people they seemed both fascinating or --74--

　　fearful, while to the gypsies the settling people were equally fearful.--75--

　　Gypsies acquired in ancient times their traditional occupations

　　like smiths and horse traders. They plied their crafts from village --76--

　　to village, presenting entertainments to attract townsmen. So they

　　became musicians, magicians, animal trainers, and acrobats.

　　A folk saying held that when a gypsy woman predicted misfortune

　　it always came fact because she stole something from the victim. --77--

　　The gypsies were known also for the big trick which they deceived --78--

　　the credulous. A typical trick was to convince a peasant to bury --79--

　　his money, promising that it would be multiplied by magic powers;

　　when the peasant returned to dig them up, the money and the gypsies --80--

　　were both gone. The term “gypsy” soon became synonymous with all

　　the robbers and brigands who infested (骚扰)cet6w.com.

　　答案：

　　71.a 改为 an 。A 用在以辅音字母或辅音开头的单词之前，an用在以元音字母或元音开头的单词之前。

　　72.to 改为 by。abide by 是固定用法，表示“坚持，遵守”。

　　73.possession改为 possessions。因为possession 在句中意为“财产”，应用其复数形式。

　　74.or改为 and。只有both…and…没有both…or…，both…and…表示“既……又……”。

　　75.settling改为settled。过去分词表达被动与完成，现在分词表达主动与进行。Settled表示“定居下来的(人们)”。

　　76.like改为as。句中的as 作介词，表示“例如”。

　　77.fact改为true。Come true 表示“成为事实”，没有come fact 这种表达法。

　　78.which前加in。句中的which是关系代词，引导定语从句，修饰前面的trick，加上in 句意才完整。

　　79.convince改为 persuade。Convince表示“(已经)信服”，而persuade是指“劝说(某人)使之相信”。根据句意显然应使用后者。

　　80.them改为it。根据句意此处的代词表示money, 而该词是不可数名词，故应用it。